<VV> Crankshaft (bushing) again!

[Mark Durham]

Gents, the Std procedure is to drive the bushing flush with the crank face,
it takes a lot less work than all that in putting the trans/diff in place
and driving it!
Yes, Oillite bushings are impregnated with oil that comes out as the bearing
is used (when it gets hot) (You will also find oillite bushings in the
blender blade shaft bushing, a drop or two of 3 in 1 oil every couple of
months really helps them). But, just like anything else, you want some lube
in there at first start up. Oil slings pretty good and could get on your
clutch, although a drop or two would not hurt.
Mark Durham
On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 9:45 AM, keith osborne <vanman453ta at yahoo.com>wrote:

> Yes, the clutch pilot bushing.
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> I also wondered about lubricating it, but the Clark's one seemed pretty
> oily when I got it.  Then, when I installed it, and it was compressed by the
> tight fit in the crankshaft, it was literally oozing with oil, so I left it
> at that.
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> I didn't take the transaxle back off the engine after I finished driving
> the bushing in to it's final location in the crankshaft to see how deep it
> went, but I'm pretty sure that it didn't go anywhere near all the way to the
> bottom of the bore.  Probably the face of the bushing went just a bit past
> flush with the top of the bore in the crankshaft, if I had to guess, based
> on how much further I drove it in after the transaxle was bolted on.
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> --- On Tue, 12/22/09, Ken Clark <kcvair at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> I assume you're talking about the pilot bushing and I have another question
> about the pilot bushing.  I've always put it in as without oil of any kind
> and never had any problems with them.  I think there was recent discussion
> about soaking it in oil first.  I just got one from Clark's and will be
> putting it in shortly.  Is it necessary to prolong the life of it or just
> what every one else does.  The one in it has been in for close to 25 years
> and 50M+ miles.
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> I also just drive them in gently untll it bottoms out with the input
> shaft.  Ken Clark
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